Sveinbjörn Árnason

ID: 2203
Date of birth : 1869
Place of birth : Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Date of death : 1931

Sveinbjörn Árnason was born in Lundarreykjadal in Borgarfjarðarsýsla on September 2, 1869. He died on February 26, 1931 in Winnipeg.

Spouse: María Bjarnadóttir b. April 24, 1870 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla.

Children: 1. María Olga b. 1896 2. Árni b. June 19, 1898 3. Ingólfur b. 1901 4. son b. 1903 (name illegible) 5. Ólöf b. 1904 6. Hjörvarður b. 1909

They came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1893 and moved to Winnipegosis. They moved to Winnipeg some years later and, in 1911, Sveinbjörn is listed there as a real estate agent.